The Final Day of our Guatemala Cleft Trip
Greetings from lovely, colorful Antigua on the last day of our 2022 Guatemala Cleft Trip. It is always bittersweet to say a final goodbye to the families we have come to know and care about so deeply, but it was time for them to begin their long journeys back to their villages. When a shy […]
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Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day Five
Hola once more from the beautiful town of Antigua, Guatemala! Today is the last full day of surgeries on our Guatemala Cleft Trip. For the past two days, we have been able to run three operating rooms. Before we tell you some of the stories of the children today, let’s head over to morning rounds […]
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Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day Three
Buenos días from the beautiful town of Antigua, Guatemala. Our team has fallen in love with the warm hospitality of everyone here, so definitely add it to your travel bucket list! Our cleft team has noticed that there is something extra wonderful about walking to the hospital while looking at the magnificent Agua Volcano. The […]
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Guatemala Cleft Trip: Day One
Hola from the beautiful city of Antigua, Guatemala! Our 2022 Guatemala cleft trip officially got underway today, and over the next week, we will be sharing stories and photos of what our wonderful supporters have made possible. Before we do that, we want to share a little bit about the site of our surgeries. The […]
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Meet Marcus and Mia
This week, we are working to raise the funds for 60 precious children in Guatemala who have been waiting for their cleft repair surgery. As you may have heard, we’re sending a highly skilled team of surgeons and staff to Guatemala for the first time later this year. We’re so glad we can play a […]
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Cleft Lip and Palate in Guatemala: Baby Ana
Less than one month ago, Baby Ana was born with unilateral cleft lip and palate in Guatemala. Ana’s mother, Doña Gloria, was concerned and distressed when she first saw her baby. For the first two days after giving birth, Gloria felt desperate because she did not know how to feed her newborn daughter.
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Cleft Bottles and Formulas for Babies like Zack
All this week, we are raising critical funds to provide nutrition for babies born with cleft as we prepare to send a surgery team to Guatemala later this year. We are working side-by-side with Partners in Surgery to make sure every baby who comes to see our team will qualify for surgery. One of the babies waiting for his lip repair operation is tiny little Zack.
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Our 2022 Cleft Trip to Guatemala
LWB has always been passionate about helping babies and children born with cleft lip and palate. Since 2004, we’ve sent international medical teams to China and Cambodia to perform life-changing surgeries for children born with this medical need. Now, we’re excited to announce that plans are being made to send a medical team to Guatemala later in 2022!
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